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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Misteria Paschalia Festival represents without doubt one of
the strongest and most valuable programming items in Kraków’s
wealth of cultural events. We love it for its wonderful music – the
opportunity to come into contact with the most distinguished
works created over the centuries for the occasion of Holy Week and
to grace the Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord – and for the fact
that it reveals to us the musical treasures of the Renaissance and
the Baroque. We are proud that, thanks to the Misteria Paschalia
Festival, Kraków has become a second home for many worldfamous
artists. Through the Festival, such superb artists as Fabio
Biondi, Jordi Savall, Marc Minkowski, Ottavio Dantone, Philippe
Jaroussky and many, many others have become friends of our city
and continue to enjoy returning here.
I am immeasurably glad that with this year’s edition, the
group of musicians already familiar to Kraków has a chance to
significantly expand. For the Festival has now matured to the point
of becoming not only a place to meet unquestioned masters, but
also a center promoting new projects and rising talents in historical
performance. I am convinced that the new Misteria Paschalia
Debuts project will be a most compelling experience. I also
have no doubts that a faithful audience will be won by another
extraordinary Festival initiative – Misteria Paschalia Trance, the
essence of which is an unconventional presentation of Passion
themes from the contemporary perspective of distinguished
musicians normally active in popular music.
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I wish you unforgettable musical experiences.
Jacek Majchrowski
Mayor of Kraków